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Traffic Offence: Nigerians react to Lagos govt’s decision to auction impounded vehicles

A social media user said he was once fined N25,000 for driving against traffic flow after he was misdirected by a LASTMA officer.

Lagos residents took to social media on Friday to lament their experiences with law enforcement agents in the state over alleged traffic offences.

The state government on Thursday auctioned 134 forfeited and abandoned vehicles at the Taskforce compound in Alausa, Ikeja.

An aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat, on Friday, said the owners of the impounded vehicles ran away and failed to turn up for “court process.”

Reactions

While several social media users backed the government’s action, others described it as “harsh.”